The sixth book in the series, originally published in 1909, the 1921 edition I have was revised to fit into Cabell’s masterwork with the overall title “The Biography of the Life of Manuel.” Cabell may have been the second twentieth century author to retroactively put much of his work into one overall connected world and […]

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05.05.2025

My Music: AN OLD-FASHIONED BALLAD - Todd's Blog

One of my favorite songs that I play often. My notebook says I wrote it July 30, 1978. I don’t know what inspired it, but it reminds me of the Jack Finney novel “Time and Again,” and a film I will mention below that came out later. The song: An Old-Fashioned Ballad In 1980 I […]

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07.05.2025

Rereading: THE BOGGART AND THE MONSTER by Susan Cooper - Todd's Blog

In this sequel to Cooper’s “The Boggart,” Jessup and Emily are back in Scotland visiting Mr. Machonochie, the man who bought their family’s ancestral castle home Castle Keep on Loch Linnhe. They and local friend Tommy Cameron find out they all know about The Boggart, that mischievous spirit who lives in the castle and loves […]

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09.05.2025

Rereading: THE GREAT FLOOD MYSTERY by Jane Louise Curry - Todd's Blog

Curry throws lots of intriguing elements into this story, which has origins in the Great Flood of 1889 in Johnstown, PA, after a dam break washed out much of the town. The story revolves around three old houses and a possible lost treasure, and there are secret rooms, secret doors, a mysterious burglar, stories about […]

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